Love Your Life (Even When You Don’t Like It All the Time): A Realistic Guide to Unlocking Joy in Life’s Messy, Mundane, and Magnificent Moments

by Rachel Awtrey

Genres: Self Help, Christian Living, Nonfiction, Christian

224 pages, Paperback

Published August 5, 2025

Reviews

[Kaylee Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book ever!!! If I could highlight the whole thing I would’ve! Soooo many amazing takeaways that changed my life for the better. Joy is all around us, and I loved all the ways Rachel shows us that in this book!!

[Kassidy Stewart]

I got recommended this book from a friend in small group! It was so good to help ground myself throughout a really busy (too busy) / overwhelming past couple of months. Lighthearted yet impactful and thought provoking. Loved and needed!

[Virginia Kackley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay this was a good one! I love the way she describes joy, play and just all things to do with loving your life. She offers reasonable and practical explanations and (some) answers to things we all struggle with while making us seem heard and seen and then roots it in scripture (pretty rad if you ask me).

[Rachelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love Your Life... this book is fine. It's inspiring to see the author's perspective on how her family handles challenging and messy moments along with being grateful for the magical moments, but mostly it's an autobiography. I didn't get much out of this book. It's steeped in Christian faith and centered around a family with little kids.

[Maddie Boarman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall, a short and sweet read with lots of inspiring nuggets! I really enjoyed the simplicity of this one as joy seems to be made out to be an overly-complicated thing when it really doesn’t need to be, and Rachel reminds us of that here!

[Ella Dunlop · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved all of her practical takeaways and tips but also how everything was biblically grounded and backed up. She shared a lot of her own experience which was so inspiring with her story! Loved the guidance on creating community, cultivating joy, and creating order in your home/rhythms.

[Caitlin Courtright · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved every second of this book! I’ve truly never read a book that was more encouraging while still challenging me in my faith. I wanna hang with Rachel so bad and be her friend :(

[Jessica Iles · Rating 4 out of 5]

4⭐️ | Loved this audiobook and love the message of the book!

[Stephanie]

every mom in the trenches should read this. actually any human should read this. there are a lot of good takeaways I'm going to try to implement in my life.

[Taliah Kendrick]

Enjoyed listening to this today! It was an encouraging reminder for me to continue to seek out God’s goodness in the mundane.